I am setting up a VM with a brand new install of TFS 2012 using the RC just released. This is the first time we have tried to use TFS in my company and I need to upgrade some SourceSafe databases. I've also installed the RC for Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate Edition (everything but the MFC foundation classes) but I still can't find the VSSConverter.exe tool.
According to Google it's supposed to be in the Common7\Ide folder, but is nowhere to be seen. Admittedly the only internet links I can find at the moment are for VS2010 so they may be out of date, but I have scanned the entire C drive and still can't find VSSConverter.exe
ps. I know there is a "download and install VSS converter" link in the TFS Admin Console but that just takes me to the Microsoft home page! : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
VSSConverter is moving away from being a standalone tool and - as you noted - moving to be a part of the TFS Admin Console.
Unfortunately, the VSS -> TFS conversion experience did not ship as part of the TFS 2012 RC. It will instead be included in the released TFS 2012.
In the meantime, the VSSConverter that was included as part of TFS 2010 will properly migrate to a TFS 2012 instance. You will, however, need to install a 2010 instance just to run the tool.
If you do not require the full history, you could simply check-out your VSS databases and then check them into TFS. Another alternative is to install TFS 2010 and use VSSConverter to that database, then perform an in-place upgrade to TFS 2012.
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I need to migrate an old VSS 2005 source control database and I have downloaded & installed Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2015.
But I still have to use Visual Studio 2012 Professional (Reinstalled Team Explorer 2012 and then update 5). Trying to create a new project on TFS server throws error:
TF30172: You are trying to create a team project either without
required permission or with an older version of Team Explorer.
As I have added my account as TFS administrator I suppose the problem is with older version? Note that I have almost no experience with TFS, because I never needed it before. I cannot find any other means how to create a new project. (I planned to use this wizard).
Can I use TFS 2015 Express with Visual Studio 2012 Professional and if yes, how do I create a first empty project?
Yes, you are correct, only the latest version has "full" compatibility with the latest Team Foundation Server. You have to use the same Visual Studio of visual studio as the version of TFS that you're connecting to to create a team project.
If you're using TFS 2015 Update 2 or later then you can create a team project from the web as well.
Useful links:
https://www.visualstudio.com/zh-TW/docs/setup-admin/create-team-project
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/setup-admin/requirements#client-compatibility
I am completely newbie to TFS. Need some help on Migration. We have a VS TFS 2015 and the requirement is to move a certain code with history and all the work items from current VS TFS 2015 to new VS TFS 2015. How can I achieve this. Any pointers will be of great help.
Just additional info. The current VS TFS 2015 was build by us on Azure and the new one is provisioned through Azure SAAS.
We don't widely support (as of August 3, 2016) importing your data from Team Foundation Server to Visual Studio Team Services. However, we have been working on a full-fidelity data import utility that will let you do this. It's currently in Private Preview and we're testing it out with a handful of customers at the moment. We've also shared some details with our Microsoft MVPs so if you have an MVP that is helping you, they will be able to help you migrate.
Feel free to vote on this User Voice item and we'll keep everyone updated there on our progress: Import data from TFS On-Premises
Tip: When the TFS to VSTS Data Import utility does become available, you'll want to make sure your TFS server is upgraded to the latest version of TFS including the latest update. At the moment, that would be Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 3.
You can use OpsHub Visual Studio Online Migration Utility.
OpsHub Visual Studio Migration Utility : Supports migration of source
code and work items from TFS 2010, TFS 2012, TFS 2013, and TFS 2015 to
Visual Studio Team Services.
I have installed trial version of Visual Studio Ultimate 2012. Is TFS part of it or do I need to download TFS 2012 separately and then install?
No TFS is not part of Visual Studio, you need to install it on a separate server, you can find additional information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Foundation_Server.
If you dont want to install TFS you can use TFS Online which is free if you have less then 5 users: http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-online-user-plans-vs.aspx
the TFS client is under the View menu and is called 'TeamExplorer', the TFS server itself is a separate install that would run on a different box. You'd connect to TFS via TeamExplorer
I'm getting this Message when trying to create a new project:
TFS 2012 Express and Visual Studio 2012 is installed in a separate Machines. All machines are members of the Active Directory, behind proxy and comes with Kaspersky EndPoint 10 MR.
Also I'm a TFS Console Administrator and have the highest rights available.
Visual Studio 2012 Machine Setup:
Professional Version with Update 4;
Windows 7 Pro SP1;
TFS Machine Setup:
TFS 2013 Express (TFS 12.0.21005.1 Tfs2013.RTM);
Windows 7 Pro SP1
Sounds like you need an updated version of Team Explorer (the connector between VS and TFS) since you are using TFS 2013 and VS 2012. VS 2012 ships with Team Explorer 2012 which can connect to TFS 2012 and earlier versions.
Take a look at the compatibility charts: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997788.aspx
Perhaps you need Team Explorer Everywhere (TEE): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30661
I figured out that the reason this throws the error message because the Team Explorer and TFS should be aligned with same version. In my context, I was using Team Explorer 2012 which ships with VS 2012 against a TFS Express 2013.
Team Explorer Version and the TFS Version should be the same to avoid this error appearing.
There were few things you could do,
As #madannes mentioned in his post above to use Team Explorer Everywhere
and
As Vivek Bansod explains in the MSDN Forum, I used the Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2013 (The shell version of VS 2013), to create a Team Project and then continued to Add Solution, Check-In and Check-Out operation against TFS Express 2013.
Download Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2013 from this link and create a project there. These projects can be connected to from VS 2012.
I got SQL Server 2012 installed on my machine and I have SSDT to create BI projects.
Today i installed Visual Studio 2012; but i cannot create any of BI projects in Visual Studio 2012. Is there a way I can open BI (SSIS/SSAS/SSRS) projects in VS 2012 or should i have to always go back to SSDT to open them.
SSRS development functionality became available for Visual Studio 2012 in March 2013. And Microsoft started to distinguish between SSDT and SSDT-BI (which contains the BI tools). They are complementary installations, and both must be installed for Visual Studio to be happy working with SSRS reports.
The components needed for SSRS development are as follows:
Download SSDT for Visual Studio 2012
Download SSDT-BI for Visual Studio 2012
Download Data-Tier Application Framework (March 2013)
Check out this blog post. Basically, there are two versions of SSDT (even though Microsoft doesn't ever explicitly state this), and depending on how you installed SSDT, you get one or the other version. As a further note, SSDT will only work with BIDS in SQL Server 2012, not 2008R2.
In addition to this, only SQL Server Data Tools 2010/VS2010 has access to the entire BI suite. This is not yet available for VS2012/SQL Server Data Tools 2012, which only has access to the SQL Database project. Fortunately (or maybe not), both can be installed to the same system without systemic conflict. As to your mental conflict, your mileage may vary.
It is available now as an additional download at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36843